Pan American Games 2011 / Athletics - Men's 4 × 400 m

The men's 4-by-400-meter relay at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 27 and 29, 2011 at the Telmex Athletics Stadium in Guadalajara .

Nine seasons took part in the competition. Cuba won the gold medal after 2: 59.43 min, silver went to the Dominican Republic with 3: 00.44 min and Venezuela secured the bronze medal with 3: 00.82 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	United States Andrew Valmon , Quincy Watts Harry Reynolds , Michael Johnson	2: 54.29 min	World Championships in Stuttgart , Germany	22nd August 1993
Record of games	Jamaica Michael McDonald , Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane , Davian Clarke	2: 57.97 min	Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Canada	July 30, 1999

Prelims

From the two preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

October 27, 2011, 3:35 p.m.

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	7th	Dominican Republic	Gustavo Cuesta Arismendy Peguero Yoel Tapia Luguelín Santos	3: 06.33
2	4th	Canada	Philip Osei Dontae Richards Tremaine Harris Michael Robertson	3: 08.51
3	5	Jamaica	Michael Mason Omar Johnson Annert Whyte Jason Livermore	3: 10.05
4th	6th	Mexico	José Luis Ceballos Orlando García Juan Stenner Jorge Alonzo	3: 12.18

Run 2

October 27, 2011, 3:45 p.m.

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	3	Cuba	Júnior Díaz Noel Ruíz Amaurys Valle William Collazo	3: 04.33
2	5	Venezuela	Arturo Ramírez Alberto Aguilar José Acevedo Omar Longart	3: 04.67
3	6th	United States	Bryan Miller Jeremy Dodson Perrisan White Joshua Scott	3: 07.57
4th	7th	Bahamas	Wesley Neymour Chris Brown Jamial role Ramon Miller	3: 09.68
	4th	Belize	Kenneth Medwood Jayson Jones Linford Avila Kenneth Brackett	DNF

final

October 29, 2011, 6:50 p.m.

space	train	country	Athletes	Time (min)
	4th	Cuba	Noel Ruíz Raidel Acea Omar Cisneros William Collazo	2: 59.43
	6th	Dominican Republic	Arismendy Peguero Luguelín Santos Yoel Tapia Gustavo Cuesta	3: 00.44
	5	Venezuela	Arturo Ramírez Alberto Aguilar José Acevedo Omar Longart	3: 00.82
4th	8th	United States	Joshua Scott Bryan Miller Lee Moore Reuben McCoy	3: 03.91
5	7th	Canada	Philip Osei Dontae Richards Tremaine Harris Michael Robertson	3: 07.12
6th	3	Mexico	José Luis Ceballos José Juan Esparza Juan Stenner Orlando García	3: 11.52

Web links and sources

• Results on todor66.com (English)
• Guadalajara 2011 Sesiones Deportivas. (PDF; 3.6 MB) In: www.guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on June 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 6, 2019 (Spanish).